Florida\u2019s quote of the day<\/p>\n
“Our devil doesn\u2019t represent the actual devil.”<\/p>\n
— Daniela Julian<\/p>\n
Principal Darlene Lebo\u2019s phone rang nonstop Monday, and her email inbox filled up, all with people wanting to know one thing.<\/p>\n
\nWas there really a proposal to dump the Green Devil, a symbol of St. Pete High School since the 1920s, in favor of a Pelican?<\/p>\n
\n\u201cShe said it was true,\u201d said Lisa Day Walker, Class of 1984, who made one of those calls.<\/p>\n
\nWalker put a post on Facebook urging alumni to attend the school\u2019s 6 p.m. advisory committee meeting, where the idea would be discussed. She wasn\u2019t alone, as several school-related organizations took to social media asking Green Devils to unite in support of their shared history.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSt. Pete people love their Green Devils,\u201d Lebo said.<\/p>\n
\nMore than 200 current and former students showed up, many decked out in green and white, for what Lebo said was the school\u2019s best-attended advisory committee meeting that she could recall.<\/p>\n
\nThey didn\u2019t face much of a fight.<\/p>\n